Pages

Friday, June 04, 2010

The week before I'd planned to dive into some study of Ancient Egypt, my friend Marlene told me about a free exhibit at our local university which would only be there through the following week. Way to make my life easier, Lord! What boy wouldn't want to go check out a real mummy?

So, two days before the exhibit closed, we met Marlene and her kids at the university. The displays were set up chronologically, with hierogyphics from the Old Kingdom at the beginning.

We saw two sarcophagi, one for a queen and one for a pharoah, maps and photos of the excavation at King Tutankhamun's tomb, Egyptian trinkets used as amulets, a carved wooden toy boat, gold-coated and plain masks, the cloth gown of an Egyptian child, and more...

A docent explained the process of preparing the body of a king or queen for mummification, and showed us an example of the jars used to store organs.

About Me

I'm a child of God, wife to my best friend, homeschooling mama to our three precious boys and baby girl, a lover of books and learning, of good food and growing things in the earth, of making things with my hands, singing and dancing.

2008Declutter closets and bookshelves.Get our own chickens!Switch to free-range meat.Compost consistently.Grow first vegetable garden.Harvest from Mom and Dad's trees.Learn to can tomatoes and peaches.Learn basic sewing.Stop using plastic and paper grocery bags.